This Safer Internet Day (9 Feb) with more online learners than ever before, how can we provide online security for a better 2021?

Rethinking assessment's (@RethinkAssessmt) Bill Lucas (@LucasLearn) welcomes @EDSKthinktank’s latest report, and suggests some ways in which it could go further still to value more of the strengths of young people:

Educational institutions are already dealing with the exponential growth of the data they handle. Now, as the national lockdown continues and schools across the country remain closed, they face the added complexity of the rapid shift to online learning which has put them under even more pressure to manage and protect their data and data infrastructure.

@EducationGovUK has partnered with @StoneComputers to implement a Digital Education Platform for schools to improve home learning, which is now a legal requirement. 

The existing digital skills gap sees the UK lose out on £63 billion every year. And, with increased digitalisation across even traditional sectors, this figure is set to rise unless action is taken soon.